van Soye Surname

3,100,440th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 40 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

van Soye Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

van Soye Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium261:442,17945,013
France81:8,302,840321,660
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

van Soye Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name van Soye Come From? nationality or country of origin

van Soye is more commonly found in Belgium than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of van Soye.

How Common Is The Last Name van Soye? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 3,100,440th most common surname on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 182,188,648 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 88 percent of van Soye reside; 88 percent reside in Western Europe and 65 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name van Soye is most frequently occurring in Belgium, where it is held by 26 people, or 1 in 442,179. In Belgium it is primarily found in: Flemish Region, where 96 percent are found and Walloon Region, where 4 percent are found. Excluding Belgium this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in France, where 20 percent are found and The United States, where 13 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
van Soy931/
van Scoy88234/
van Sooy887/
van Sou8052/
van Suy802/
van Sue801/
van See801/
van Soi801/
van Joy801/
van Suyt7513/
Van-Scoy757/
van Sout751/
van Shea751/
van Shue751/
van Zaye751/
van Scay750/
van Schie714,410/
van Sijes7122/
van Seyst711/
van Sagie711/
van Zoyst710/
van Zee67848/
van Seijst6763/
von See6756/
van Sau672/
van Cay671/
von Seu671/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to van Soye
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